Game apparatus



P. O. ZANETTI. Game Apparatus.

No. 226,145 Patented Mar. 30, 1880.

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GAME APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,145, dated March 30, 1880.

Application filed November 24, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FORTONATO O. ZA- NETTI, of Bryan, in the county of Brazos and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a new and improved game which is simple and amusing.

The invention consists in a series of tilting levers arranged at the end of an alley and hinged to a rod resting on two standards connected by check-rods, against which the ends of the tilting levers rest in their several positions. The tilting levers are provided with numbered plates and with bells, which ring when a lever has been struck by a ball and tilts.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of my improved game. Fig. 2 is a central cross-sectional elevation. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The tilting levers A A are hinged by means of the jaws b b to the rod B, supported by the standards 0 0 near their upper end, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The levers A are widened at the upper end, so as to form a head, D, bearing numerals designating the value of the lever in the game.

A yoke, E, formed of wire or some other suitable material, from which a small bell, F, is suspended, is fastened to the upper end of each tilting lever A.

A plate, G, carrying the same numerals as the head of the corresponding lever, is fastened at right angles to the back of each lever a short distance above the joint that connects the levers with the rod B. The weight of those parts of the levers above the rod B must counterbalance the parts below the rod. The standards 0 G are each provided with an arm, H, which arms are connected by a bar, I, which serves as a check-bar for the tilting levers A A. A rod or bar, J, connects the tops of the standards 0 G, and also acts as a check-bar for the lever.

This apparatus may be fastened to the floor of an ordinary bowling-alley, and in such cases must be of sufficient size and strength to withstand the shock of the large balls used in such alleys. It may also be arranged at the end of a smaller alley, which rests on four or six legs, and is inclined so that the ball rolls back without any assistance. For this purpose the end of the floor M is curved and forms a gutter, K, at each side, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The end of the alley is provided with a cushion, L, secured by rivets lto the back board N. The game can be constructed with as many tilting levers as may be desired.

The operation is as follows: Before the players begin to roll the balls the levers A A are all in the upright position, so that the value of each lever can be seen from the heads D D. As soon as a ball strikes one of the levers the same tilts, the bell rings, and the lower end of the lever rests against the under side of the rod I, as is shown in the drawings. The value of the tilted levers can be seen from the plates G G.

This game is very interesting, can be played by any desired number of players, and can be readily comprehended.

Having thus described my invention, I claim As an improved article of manufacture, a game apparatus, constructed as herein de scribed, consisting of a series of tilting levers, A A, hinged to a cross-bar, B, and provided with bells F F, and heads D D, and plates G G, bearing numerals indicating the value of I each lever, substantiallyas shown, and for the purpose set forth.

FORTONATO CLEMENTE ZANETTI.

Witnesses H. HARDY, J. G. GILLEsPIE. 

